RE: 5 bombshells some atheists are not aware of
May 1, 2014 at 6:05 pm
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2014 at 6:11 pm by ManMachine.)
(May 1, 2014 at 5:48 pm)truthBtold Wrote:(May 1, 2014 at 5:11 pm)ManMachine Wrote: Following on from a recent post in another thread I decided to drop a few very interesting bombshells.
These can all be verified with a little effort (I'm not doing all the work for you).
1. Darwin never once uses either the word ‘ape’ or ‘apes’ in his work ‘On The Origin of Species’, so he could never have said Humans were descendants of or shared a common ancestor with apes.
2. Richard Dawkins has never called himself an atheist, he actually considers himself to be agnostic.
3. Early on in Dawkins’ book, ‘The God Delusion’, he points out that no one can have total certainty that God does or does not exist.
4. Darwin had little faith in fossil records ever proving his theory of Evolution, he considered them too incomplete.
5. Sir Isaac Newton had an interest in the occult, he studied alchemy and believed he would discover The Philosopher’s Stone, a material capable of turning base metal into gold. He also believed that metals ‘possessed a sort of life’.
Enjoy,
MM
MR. Manmachine, can I direct ur attention to this document that you posted when you joined this lovely forum. .
Hello everyone,
Broadly speaking I'm an atheist.
I reject liberalism and humanism as modern artefacts of Judaeo/Christianity.
My hobby is quantum physics.
I've been writing a book for the last ten years... I've nearly finished chapter one.
I prefer to reason for myself rather than regurgitate chunks of other people's works and stitch the fragments together with a vague political agenda.
I do not accept the notion of Free Will.
I do not accept the agenda behind environmentalism as valid.
I like art, especially works that challenge my preconceptions of the world around me.
I can be annoying, but I don't mean it.
I am very much looking forward to some interesting debates/discussions.
MM
Can u read the second sentence of your thread for the forum. .....
are you really an atheist? Or are you disguised as one??..
If you are pulling our chain, that would be a Bombshell....
I know, how disloyal of me. Perhaps it's just my deep seated need to shake things up every now and then.
Humour aside, I don't see these 'bombshells' as necessarily counter to an atheist viewpoint. A fact is a fact, it really depends on what one intends to do with the information.
I spoke briefly about the subtext to my OP in my reply to Minimalist (above). Have a read.
MM
(May 1, 2014 at 5:55 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: ^^ What? Are you one of those "with me or against me" types?
I'm one of those 'I wonder what happens if I press this button' types.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
